Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

12 reviews

horizonous's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I loved the friendship between Jai, Pari and Faiz and was surprised that I didn't mind the narration from a child's POV at all. However, the story is slow going and at times repetitive, so there's a bit of a slog in the middle until it picks back up towards the end where everything happens all at once and ends in just a couple of chapters. But I would definitely read from Deepa Anappara again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Ableism, Bullying, Slavery, and Trafficking

kaneebli's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Classism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Animal death

Minor: Trafficking

stanisz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Bullying, Classism, Islamophobia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Trafficking and Stalking

qqjj's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Alcoholism

robin_b's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Trafficking

Moderate: Xenophobia and Religious bigotry

shelf_reflect10n's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I'm definitely going to read this again--I think the book is much better than my first experience of it, because I'm in a massive reading slump right now, and NOTHING is working for me.  I'm looking forward to trying this again some time soon.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

dbear's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

fionac326's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Bullying, and Child death

cristy's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child abuse

kmaller's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Violence, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry